Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,821 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Negro Repertory Company (Seattle) 1936-1939
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BlackPast.org (2007- )
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Charles A. James (1922- )
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Almena Lomax (1915-2011)

Explore Global African History

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Malcolm Gladwell (1963- )
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Emmanuel Abu Kissi (1938– )
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Africans at Hadrian’s Wall
Residences of
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Britain’s 1919 Race Riots

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Remembering Sara Dunlap Jackson (1919-1991)
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Fighting Jim Crow in the 19th Century South: The Untold Story
Three Harlem women, photo by James Van Der Zee
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The Passing of Passing: A Peculiarly American Racial Tradition Approaches Irrelevance
Running the Negro Out of Tulsa, June 1, 1921 (public domain)
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We Can Best Honor Our Past by Not Burying It: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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Job Opportunities With BlackPast.org

11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington